Disparagement
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In old English law
An injury by union or comparison with some person or thing of interior rank or excellence. Marriage without disparagement was marriage to one of suitable rank and character.
2 Bl. Comm. 70; Co. Litt. 82b. Shutt v. Carloss, 36 N. C. 232.